The workload in Prof Hsu's class is extremely light. He assigned 4 homeworks all quarter and each homework was 2 questions maximum. His tests are hard but he has a very generous curve and makes it very clear he will curve. Lectures are were pretty dull and I barely paid attention, sections gave you all the info you needed.

I'll admit his class is tough, but I've enjoyed every interaction I've had with professor Hsu. He is accomodating in class, willing to slow down when students ask. He always responds to my emails within the hour! I appreciate how approachable he is and doesn't just leave us to self-learn the material. Definitely take him if you can :).

Professor Hsu makes everything clear and simple, putting in some effort then you will be fine. Little homework.

Does have a heavy accent and can be disorganized at times. Everything comes down to the long lectures, he doesn't post anything online. Just have to show up consistently and pay close attention. Midterm was reasonable, we'll see abt the final.

Lectures focus on proof while homework is all about R. Exams are based on lectures which means there's no practice before exam (learn the concepts, then try to solve the problems for the first time during an exam!). If you enjoy uncertainty then take his class.

Worst professor I've had. No clue how to structure, organize or teach a class.Averages for both midterms in 50s not cause material was hard.He provided no guidance on topics to cover and gave extremely little time.Questions had curveballs.Most skipped lecture,TA and textbook more helpful.Only good reviews are cause generous curve and light workload

Had him for 122&126 this quarter. Funny guy, very nice, but lectures/course not great. Felt like he never had a lesson plan, lectures not organized or easy to follow. Once in class he said something like "actually I'll teach something else". Mean midterm&final for 122&126 were 54-59%. Heard he curves overall grade, I studied textbook over the notes

Lectures can be a little convoluted at times and focus on proofs rather than how to solve problems. A quiz every section but is 100% based on homework so it's not very hard. Tests are difficult but curved very aggressively, my 70 average on tests was curved to a B in the class.

I'm actually taking both of his pstat126 & pstat122, he is just terrible. The worst part is he told us to use our notes and hw to study the exam but the hw is not related to the exam especially pstat126. Also, he will not give practice problems for the exam even we keep asking, but he keeps avoid to give us, I might fail both classes which is bad.

lectures have nothing to do with homework, homework has nothing to do with exams (that make up 70% of our grade lol) don't take his class

I heard his 122 class is okay, however his 126 class is absolutely the worst thing ever. The tests that are worth a combined 70% of our grade had nothing to do with the homework, and we were given absolutely no practice problems or examples. I would steer clear of Hsu for 126. There is a class curve, but nobody knows how much it will be.

Terrible professor. No practice exam. No relationship between homework and his lecture. All homework needs to be done in R, while his lecture only focuses on the proof of formula. Homework has nothing to do with the exam. His lecture never gives a detailed example of how to use the formula. Time is not enough to finish the exam.

just got railed by midterm2 lol

He's the worst. We had a midterm and he didn't go over any problems and just kept doing reviews on conceptual equations. The midterm itself was nothing like that, and we only had an hour 15 to do them. He doesn't do anything to help and barely refers to the book itself. Terrible teacher.

Hsu is one of the best professors I've met in pstat department. He writes steps which is easy to follow, homework is doable and won't be graded. Quizzes on sections but easy ones. Easy midterm, super hard final, but open-note and good curve. Go over his notes, you will be fine. Great professor.

My grade percentile for the midterm and final were both around the 68th percentile, and I got an A- so he basically gave at least a third of the class an A/A-

Very generous curve and grading criteria for exams. Lectures were not that good but OK.

Little homework requirements and based on completion, amazing curve, and a respectful person. What more could you ask for in a professor? The final was very difficult, but that was only because the material was difficult. Overall, I failed the final and still ended up with an A-, so the curve was incredibly generous.

Being able to rewind/rewatch lectures during online instruction made this class fairly easy. If you take the time to understand every part of his lectures (but you can skip the proofs), you'll do fine. VERY little homework (2 hours per week)! Quizzes every section, but they were simple. Has a small accent but was still clear. Final grades curved.

Good professor with nice grading policy. He gave one third people A and one third people B, much nicer than other pstat courses. Exams were not easy but reasonable anyway.

One of the worst professors I ever had. Extremely unclear grading. He didnt teach anything entire quarter, just doing proofs of stuff we already learned in other classes. Waste of time. I dont know where I lost points on the final. Because he didnt even explain. Im a straight A student, but this guy ruined my gpa. Stay away!

No matter what dont take this guy. Extremely bad professor. Lectures are very hard to follow. Hes all over the place. Has a thick accent. Moreover hes very disorganized. He made final 60% and didnt even state what he expects on final clearly. Hence it resulted in low grades for most of my classmates. I personally dont recommend taking him.

He is driving me crazy with his accent. He did not post homework online. He is rushing the teaching at the end of quater. He did not post any practices. He gave a very vague range of material to review. His lectures were in 9:30 am and I fell in sleep constantly because he was so boring and I can hardly understand him.

Rushed to finish teaching the material until the last day of lecture. No information on Final logistics at all. His class is lecture heavy but those are unclear as well. Nice guy, but just a poorly taught class. He says class will be curved at the end but we will see.